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A mushroom grows through a patch of turfgrass on the University of Georgia campus in Griffin. CAES News
Recent rains have mushrooms popping up 07/31/13 Jean Williams-Woodward
With the recent wet weather, mushrooms are popping up everywhere, particularly in lawns. University of Georgia Cooperative Extension experts say many are poisonous to some degree. At the very least, they will make you sick. At worst, you can die. Don't take the risk.
Photos of goats cleaning up the banks of Tanyard Creek near Baxter Street in Athens. Students from the UGA College of Environment and Design installed the goats as part of service-learning project. CAES News
UGA Extension to hold Master Goat Farmer Course 07/26/13 Merritt Melancon
Northeast Georgia Cooperative Extension agents will host a six-week Master Goat Farmer Certification course at the UGA Livestock Instructional Arena Aug. 6 through Sept. 14.
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Recent rainfalls create septic problems for some homeowners 07/25/13 Frank M. Watson
Recent rains left some homeowners tackling septic tank problems. Saturated soils aren’t able to take up additional water from drainfield lines.
UGA College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences alum Will Harris CAES News
Will Harris named Georgia Farmer of the Year 07/25/13 Sharon Dowdy
Organic farmer Will Harris of White Oak Pastures in Bluffton, Ga., has been named the Georgia state winner of the 2013 Swisher Sweets/Sunbelt Expo Southeastern Farmer of the Year.
Harley Shook of Gray is shown giving a presentation on film making at the 2013 Georgia 4-H State Congress. CAES News
Georgia 4-H honors top students at annual State Congress 07/25/13 Sharon Dowdy
Forty-eight Georgia 4-H’ers earned the coveted title of Master 4-H’er this week at the 71st annual 4-H State Congress held July 23-26 at the Crowne Plaza Ravinia in Atlanta.
Hay bales outline a field in Butts County, Georgia. CAES News
Middle Georgia Hay Field Day set in Lamar County 07/24/13
The Middle Georgia Hay Field Day will be held on Aug. 6, 2013 at County Line Farm in Lamar County. Hosted by the Upson County and Lamar County Extension Offices, the field day will begin at 9 a.m. at the farm site located at 1693 Ramah Church Road in Culloden, Ga.
Rows of cotton at a farm on the University of Georgia Tifton Campus in 2013. CAES News
Increased rainfall impacting cotton crops 07/24/13 Clint Thompson
The deluge of rainfall this summer made a splash with some cotton farmers but created a tidal wave of challenges that some growers are still fighting.
Calvin Perry, superintendent of the Stripling Irrigation Research Park, speaks to area 4-H students during 4H20 Camp this past summer. CAES News
Stripling Irrigation Research Park to host annual field day 07/23/13 Clint Thompson
The latest research on irrigation technology will be presented Aug. 1 at the University of Georgia’s Stripling Irrigation Research Park in Camilla, Ga.
A camper at the Joint Reserve Component Teen Leadership Summit rides the flying squirrel at Wahsega 4-H Center. CAES News
Military kids from across the nation come together at Georgia 4-H camp 07/18/13 Sharon Dowdy
Each summer, military youth from across the nation travel to north Georgia to attend the Joint Reserve Component Teen Leadership Summit, a Georgia 4-H camp designed especially for children of military reservists. Some 120 kids from 42 states attended the camp July 7-12 at the Wahsega 4-H Camp in Dahlonega, Ga.